With a need to create and a woman with an appetite for life...I up-cycle old styles to create new fashion...

Sunday, February 3, 2013

...a pretty booth.

This my booth this week at the Craftsmen Cottage.

Since I took this photo the little girls dress in the front has been sold. A local photographer plans to use it in her work.

The 9 new pieces are a Large or larger. if you see something you like you can request extra photos.

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This lovely outfit is more beautiful then the photo shows.

I used a bed sheet to create the blouse. It has wonderful lace at the hem that was actually a dresser topper. It has a tie off in the back to create more of a waist if wanted.

The pantaloons are a first. I started with a small pair of pajama bottoms. It was a cotton with a white pattern. I added a very soft vintage cotton tablecloth to the outside legs and the same bed sheet fabric area and a simple lace to the gathered hemline. The 2x-3x blouse is sleeveless and could be worn with another Prairie style blouse or your favorite denim shirt...SOLD

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Here is a sweet little jumper blouse.

I wanted it to have a little French feel..so..I used a a curtain panel to make the skirt part an a fancy embroidered tea towel to make the bibby. The shoulder straps criss-cross in the back. It has drawstrings on either side sot that is adjustable from Small to Large. It is listed on my Etsy page....SOLD

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About Me

My name is Donna Brown owner and designer of Prairie Child Design. I am an artist that works in lots of mediums...Sewing with gently used but greatly loved clothes is my medium these days.
I up-cycle old clothes by ripping them apart and adding bits and pieces here and there. All my pieces are one of a kind. No two will ever be alike.... I am constantly searching for different blouses, doilies, buttons, lace and ribbons so that each and every piece is unique and one of a kind
.In my search I came across an article that said the new term for recycling was up-cycling and it caught my attention...I have always been a redo, reuse, remake, recycle kind of person and this really stuck a cord with me...I started by leaving raw edges and making patches using pieces of old lace or crochet...Depression Era photos gave me the idea of Prairie Child as the soulful expression of my work...